A 1076: Mandates that purchasers of new vehicles complete a form authorizing or rejecting the placement of a tracking device in such vehicle, to be used by law enforcement if such vehicle is reported stolen; authorizes law enforcement to recover the stolen vehicle through electronic means, physical means, or any other method necessary to recover such vehicle as quickly as possible.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1076 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating that purchasers of new vehicles complete a form authorizing or reject- ing the placement of a tracking device in such vehicle, to be used by law enforcement if such vehicle is reported stolen The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 397-d to read as follows: 3 § 397-d. Motor vehicle theft tracker. 1. The commissioner shall devel- 4 op an authorization form, to be provided to new motor vehicle purchasers 5 at the point of sale by the motor vehicle dealer, that authorizes a 6 tracking device approved by the state police to be placed in such new 7 motor vehicle and allows law enforcement to track such motor vehicle if 8 such motor vehicle is reported as stolen. Such form shall give new motor 9 vehicle purchasers the option to authorize or reject the placement of 10 such tracking device, and shall be completed before the sale of such new 11 motor vehicle is complete. Such form shall also include authorization 12 for law enforcement to recover the stolen vehicle through electronic 13 means, physical means, or any other method necessary to recover such 14 vehicle as quickly as possible. 15 2. If a purchaser authorizes the placement of a tracking device pursu- 16 ant to subdivision one of this section, the motor vehicle dealer shall 17 place such approved tracking device in the new motor vehicle. A law 18 enforcement agency or entity shall only access and utilize such device 19 if such motor vehicle is reported as stolen through an official police 20 report, to locate and recover such vehicle. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02766-01-5